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Russian Orthodox head appeals against eviction of church from Kyiv
Date: 2023-03-11 22:00:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:10061670
MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) – Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday asked Pope Francis and other religious leaders to persuade Ukraine to stop a crackdown against a historically Russian-aligned wing of the church. Kyiv on ....
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Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, covers villages in ash
Date: 2023-03-11 16:49:59 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:51 - ID:10061424
JAKARTA, March 11 (MENA) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Saturday, spewing out smoke and ash that blanketed villages near the crater, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. There were no immediate ....
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John Hopkins: Coronavirus cases worldwide surpass 676 mln
Date: 2023-03-11 08:33:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:10060517
WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - As many as 676,609,955 people have been reported to be infected with coronavirus globally since its outbreak, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Saturday. It added that about 6,881,955 have died from the virus ....
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China names Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy
Date: 2023-03-11 08:24:30 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:10060499
BEIJING, March 11 (MENA) - China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of the world’s second-largest economy, ABC News reported. Li was nominated by Xi and ....
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Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to about 158,000 troops
Date: 2023-03-11 08:04:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10060449
KIEV, March 11 (MENA) - Russia has already lost about 158,000 troops in Ukraine (+1,010 over the past day) The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent ....
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Japan marks 12 years since quake-tsunami that led to Fukushima crisis
Date: 2023-03-11 07:18:32 GMT - Japan - World - SN:2 - ID:10060385
TOKYO, March 11 (MENA) - Japan on Saturday marked 12 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeast, claiming the lives of over 15,000 people and triggering a nuclear disaster that will take decades to clean up, Kyodo ....
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Norway to give Ukraine two NASAMS air defense systems
Date: 2023-03-10 21:25:55 GMT - Norway - World - SN:74 - ID:10060234
OSLO, March 10 (MENA) - The Norwegian authorities, in cooperation with the United States, will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said during a visit to Kiev on Friday. Norway will also ....
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Russian-Chinese relations retain dynamic trend - Ambassador
Date: 2023-03-10 20:30:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:10060070
MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) - Steered by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Russian-Chinese relationship demonstrates a highly dynamic pattern, TASS quoted Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui as saying ....
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Lavrov: West trying to put a lid on sanctions workarounds
Date: 2023-03-10 19:22:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:10060111
MOSCOW, March 10 (MENA) – The West is devising a new strategy to cut off all channels to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday in an interview with Channel One TV. "There is a fresh uproar in the West ....
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US strongly supports EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia – Amb.
Date: 2023-03-10 18:45:04 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:63 - ID:10060094
YEREVAN, March 10 (MENA) – US Ambassador to Armenia Kristina Kvien met with the head of the European Union (EU) Mission in Armenia, Markus Ritter, to discuss the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Armenian News quoted the US embassy in ....
